The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
By Sarah Ogilvie
Favorite quote: It was in a hidden corner of the Oxford University Press basement, where the Dictionary’s archive is stored, that I opened a dusty box and came across a small black book tied with cream ribbon…..
From the publisher: A thrilling literary detective story, The Dictionary People unravels the mystery of the fascinating global cast of contributors who, for more than seventy years, helped to codify the way we read and write and speak. Their combined efforts resulted in what is arguably the greatest crowdsourcing endeavor in human history, the Wikipedia of its time. Her, then, is a celebration of words, language, and people, whose eccentricities and obsessions, triumphs and failures, enriched the English language.
